Improvement in cued-breaiees



PALMYRA ACRARY, OF LOWVILLE, NEW YORK.

Letters .Patent 1Y0. 73,508, dated January 2l, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURB-BREAKERS. e

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T0 A'LL WIIOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, PALMYRA CRAM',A ot' the town of Lowvillc, in the county ot' Lewis, end Stute of New York, have invented a. new and useful implement for use in thc manufacture of cheese, which I term n Curd- Brezrker; and I do declare that the following is :t full, elettr, and exact description of the construction and operation of the,same,lreferenee being lied to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specification,

Y in which- A A are designed to represent the vut in which the cheese is in the process ot' being made, andin which is i the implement I claim as my invention, and which Kis constructed of the vertical wooden (or tneltallic) strips B B B B, in length corresponding to the `depth of the vat-y through which pass the parallel horizontal wires C C C C, which are secured at each end to the outside vertical bars B B. 'lhe length of these parallel wires is such that the frame thus formed, in conjunction with the vertical bers B B, shell nearly oeeupyuthe space formed by la. vertical section ofthe vat, yet movingfreelylengthwise through the mixed curd ahdwhey. To 'the middle of the central strip, purposely made heavier than the others, is tittuched the handle D D.' vThis handle is set at an angle to the plane ofthe freine, so that it een readily be grasped und operated by a. person :it the side of the vat. The handle is strengthened in its attachment tothe frame by the diagonal braces E E, connecting with the vertical strips next adjoining the central one onV either side.

Operatz'mt and Use.

Having thus described the construction, my method ofits use is es follows: Soon after the'seporation of the cascine from the otherconstituents of the milk by the action of the rennet, and when the curd-cutter has beencdrawn lengthwise and crosswise through the sume, by which act thecurd is left in vert-ical square forumtions, I introduce the implement above described carefully at one end of the vet, und slowly move it by the handle D D lengthwise through the curd from' end to end of the vat. By so doing, the wires C C cut or sever the square vertical columns of v,enr-d into cubes, und by the constant motion of my breaker, continued during the scolding of the eurd, I om enabledv to thoroughly pulverizo andwork the curd, avoiding very much of the white whey so detrimental to the quality of n fine cheese, and also relieving the maker from much o`` the handlingv of the eurcl.

-Having thus described the construction and use of my invention, what I claim, und desire to secure by The implement so constructed and described as herein set-forth. I I

y PALMYRA CRARY.

Witnesses:

CHARLES P. CnARY, v J. CAnnoLL House. 

